Citation

Witte TK, Gordon KH, Joiner TE. Clin. Case Stud. 2009; 8(3): 226-240.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Florida State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1534650109334820

PMID

20563280

PMCID

PMC2887598

Abstract

The six-point dial of treatment described in this case report was developed to guide graduate student psychological trainees through treatment and includes the following components: assessment of dangerousness, diagnosis, diagnosis-based treatment, ongoing evaluation of treatment response, obstacles to treatment, and motivation. In this case report, we describe the dial of treatment and present a case study of a client with paranoid schizophrenia (John) who presented at a graduate student training clinic to illustrate how this framework can be successfully applied. John has exhibited marked improvement, based on both objective measures and clinician judgment of global functioning.

Language: en